If you were here a year ago, these illegal products would be all over the shelves in the stores. Many of the locations we closed down a year ago when We started the operation Padlock to protect [legal cannabis businesses]. The goal was to go out and ensure the hard earned legal cannabis business would not be hurt by those establishment that thought they can jump the line and even skirt the law and sell products that were illegal. (06:12–06:17)
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Asserts that Operation Padlock was initiated to protect legal cannabis businesses.
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